Originally published in the 1987

Twin Galaxies Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records®

by Walter Day

Note: The following has the spelling errors from the Original edition corrected.

To ascertain what scores in video games are actually world records, a nation wide competition was held under the auspices of Twin Galaxies with Walter Day as coordinator, across the continent.

The results of the competition are in the accompanying chart. The winners and their scores have been verified by qualified judges.

Game	Score	Player's Name	HighScore Date
005	1,000,290	Jim Laquinta	9/15/82
720 Degrees	527,100	Ron Perelman	6/17/87
1942	12,172,270	N. Watson	10/17/86
Aeroboto	3,272,900	Charles Dahling	1/20/85
Alcon	838,050	Gary Hatt	4/25/87
Alien Attack	4,930	Tim McVey	7/20/82
Alien Syndrome	459,600	Jim Joung	6/16/87
Alpine Ski	500,774	Eric Olofson	11/23/82
Amidar	19,225,030	Todd Lamb	10/1/83
Anteater	219,320	Freddie Morrish	10/9/83
Arabian	219,750	Chuck Futtrell	11/24/84
Arkanoid	1,366,640	Mike Chase	9/23/87
Arm Wrestling	781,030	Mark Haber	6/28/86
Armor Attack	2,009,000	Tom Larkin	9/25/82
Armored Car	101,010	Roger Isetts	3/1/83
Asteroids	41,336,440	Scott Safran	11/13/82
Asteroids Deluxe	2,240,120	Leo Daniels	9/23
Astro Blaster	299,100	Gus Pappas	11/20/82
Astro Fighter	18,280	Robby Jensen	2/15/83
Astro Invader	39,880	Brian Miller	1/1/83
Aztarac	142,390	Dennis Bartlett	2/11/84
Baby Pac-Man	8,123,380	Larry Shepard	1/2/86
Badlands	146,080	Gary Hatt	6/26/86
Bagman	6,840,850	Jerry McCoskey	8/2/83
Bank Panic	9,999,999	Gary Hatt	5/27/87
Battle Slug	24,000	Bill Toups	4/20/97
Battlezone	21,851,000	Jack Haddad	5/5/83
Bega's Battle	120,000	Steve Harris	7/18/83
Berzerk (Fast Bullets)	104,680	Ron K Bailey	6/30/84
Black Widow	930,100	James Vollandt	5/1/84
Blaster	92,346,500	Dwayne Richard
Blueprint	126,900	Yashiro Oda	2/2/84
Bosconian	2,913,510	Ken McLead	2/24/83
Boxing Bugs	2,026,222	Richard Lewis	4/15/83
Breakout	1,029	Robby Jensen	2/28/83
Bubble Bobble	3,271,490	Clint Shuster	2/14/87
Bubbles	1,365,970	Joe Malasarte	7/2/85
Buck Rogers	1,016,495	Kelly Keenan	4/12/84
Bump-N-Jump	2,413,182	Bob Hastings	4/6/84
Burgertime	5,882,950	Darren Kennedy	8/12/83
Carnival	221,780	David Schooling	8/15/82
Catch-22(Combat)	9,315,350	Travis Stewart	6/27/87
Centipede	5,500,000	G. Ben Carter Jr	6/28/86
Cerberus	101,500	Robert Haukap	6/27/85
Challenger	349,700	Joe Startz	2/28/83
Champion Baseball	1,130,560	Gus Pappas	11/8/83
Change Lanes	3,208,112	Stephen Beall	12/26/83
Cheyenne Gun (1st Place)	319,209,350	Donn Nauert	1/27/85
Cheyenne Gun (2nd Place)	66,341,100	Mike Sullivan	7/2/85 Riverside, CA
Cheyenne Gun (3rd Place)	61,587,000	Phil Britt	1/13/85 Riverside, CA
Choplifter (1st Place)	1,781,000	Charles Collins	6/27/86
Cliffhanger (2nd Place)	1,180,020	Steve Harris	11/5/83
Cloak & Dagger	1,294,881	Charles Dahling	8/31/84
Contra	2,021,400	Jim Hernandez	11/12/87
Commando	2,552,100	Jeff Peters	7/2/85
Congo Bongo	883,400	Tim Collum	9/3/83
Crackshot	4,885,140	Pat Harmon	6/28/86
Crossbow	19,885,500	Donn Nauert	7/18/84
Crystal Castles (1st Place)	898,815	Mark Alpiger	1985
Crystal Castles(2nd Place)	864,782	Mike Quarles	7/2/85 Riverside, CA
Danger Zone	4,525,800	Donn Nauert	3/5/87
Dark Planet	9,954,900	Scott Young	3/1/83
Dazzler	69,000	Richard Crawford	3/12/83
Defender (1st Place-Tourn.)	230,125	Gino Yoo	7/2/85
Defender(1st Place)(Marathon)	76,377,300	Bert Jennings	4/8/83
Depth Charge	4,120	Phil Blanchard	11/18/81
Dig Dug	4,129,600	Ken Arthur	1/20/83
Digger	17,400	Mark Peterson	2/13/83
Discs of Tron	418,200	David Bagenski	6/28/86
Domino Man	757,063	Jeff Peters	9/4/83
Donkey Kong	874,300	Billy Mitchell	7/2/85
Donkey Kong Jr	957,300	Billy Mitchell	7/2/85
Donkey Kong 3	2,132,100	Lloyd Bromola	6/27/85
Drag Race	4.3 seconds	Dobovan Hellinger	2/21/83
Dragon's Lair	482,924	Jack Gale	9/24/83
Eagle	108,640	Sam Blackburn	11/14/82
Electric Yo-Yo	1,079,270	Jim Matson	10/31/82
Elevator Action	143,450	G. Ben Carter Jr.
Elimator	50,800,500	Mark Rasmussen	1/22/83
Empire Strikes Back	1,345,049	David Palmer	7/2/85
Enduro Racer	40,973,617	Jack Gale	5/20/87
Enigma II	23,240	Ben Smestad	1/28/83
Excitebike	398,730	James Hillard	6/27/85
Exerion	653,400	Joe Janiec	9/1/84
Express Raider	197,200	Gary Hatt	6/28/86
Eyes	23,222,320	Roogie Elliott	8/23/83
Fantasy	269,220	Rob Howes	4/4/83
Fast Freddie	22,296,220	Bert Zelton	6/26/83
Fax	89,300	Greg Muler	10/12/84
Fire Condor	8,920	Tim McVey	7/20/82
Fire Trap	417,740	Gary Hatt	4/25/87
Firefox (9000 Mile)	707,790	David Palmer	6/28/85
Flicky	4,548,540	Jonathan Long	6/28/86
Food Fight	103,103,100	Ken Okumura	1/13/84
Frenzy	4,804,540	Mark Smith	7/16/83
Frogger	442,330	Mark Robichek	8/30/82
Frontline	727,500	John Dunlea	5/25/83
Future Spy	396,350	Joey Wisniewski	6/28/86
Galaga	4,715,720	Eric Bolduc	7/19/82
Galaga (3)	1,320,500	Bill Bradham	6/28/86
Galaxian	389,770	Perry Rogers	5/12/83
Ghost N Goblins	510,500	Richard Webb	6/28/86
Gimme A Break	2,303	Carlos Gonzales	6/28/87
Gladiator	41,012,800	Stephan Gore	3/3/87
Gold Bug	173,740	Steve Peterson	8/29/83
Goonies	504,820	RAC Carpana	4/4/87
Gorf	653,990	Todd Rogers	11/24/82
Grand Champion	137,410	Craig Sucharda	5/12/84
Grand Prix	2:04	John Pratt	1/6/83
Gravitar	4,722,200	Raymond Muller	12/4/82
Grid-Iron Fight	71-0	Donn Nauert	5/19/85
Guardian	1,058,420	Will Czeswinski	10/23/86
Gunsmoke	1,690,000	Kevin Melton	6/27/87
Guzzler(1983)	465,090	Gary Hatt	6/28/85
Gyruss	41,090,450	Anthony Fodrizio	3/22/84
Hang-On(Simulator)	40,715,030	Don Novak	6/28/86
High Impact Football	$1,018,340	Ray Ballard	4/20/97
High Speed	24,081,920	Mark Moore	9/28/87
Hogan's Alley	2,738,100	Jack Gale	6/28/86
Hypersports	538,340	Kelly Kobashigawa	7/2/85
Ice Cold Beer	170,660	Greg Gunter	6/7/84
Ikari Warriors	1,799,000	Stan Szczepanski	6/28/87
Indiana Jones	1,176,520	Ronald Mangio	6/28/86
Interstellar	248,000	Phil Britt	5/15/86 Riverside, CA
Invasion of the Blood Farmers	35,456	Eddie Adlum	12/21/82
I, Robot	1,383,959	Dave Ryan	6/28/86
Jack-The-Giant Killer	9,401,050	Mike Klager	10/2/82
Jail Break	185,900	Don Nauert	2/15/87
Journey(1983)	12,181,850	Chuck Coss	12/24/83
Joust	1,537,050	Brett Watt	7/2/85
Junior Pac-Man	331,000	Kevin Fischer	6/30/85
Jump Bug	850,350	Allen Rager	4/10/83
Jungle King	1,510,220	Michael Torcello	12/16/83
Jungler	180,720	Joe Startz	5/1/83
Juno First	78,888,980	Tom Gibson	5/27/84
Kangeroo	921,800	David Kirk	3/13/83
Karate Champ	239,900	George Weller	6/28/86
Kicker	4,225,000	RAC Carpana	12/2/86
Kickman	4,787,665	Tom Bundy	12/27/82
King & Balloon	48,900	Kevin Olkowski	8/10/82
Kram	176,700	Brian Miller	12/23/82
Krull	6,000,000	Steve Harris	1983
Kung-Fu Master	1,349,040	Mike Sullivan	6/30/85 Upland, CA.
Lady Bug	609,900	Brian Calton	3/31/83
Legendary Wings	612,500	Eric Bolduc	2/22/87
Leprechaun	365,750	Walter Funk	3/25/83
Liberator	14,232,130	David Drake	10/1/83
Life Force	647,600	Kevin DeCesare	6/27/87
Lock-N-Chase	78,180	Jerry Nickerson	4/20/82
Loco-Motion	134,880	Bud Wellington	3/29/83
Lode Runner	162,340	David Leicht	6/30/85
Looping	1,469,970	David Teehee	7/27/83
Lost Tomb	45,577,020	Bill McCallister	1/16/84
Lunar Lander	3,470	Michael Mize	8/1/82
MACH 3(Bomber)	512,000	Robin Purvis	4/10/84
MACH 3(Fighter)	455,600	Randy Albright	6/30/85
Mad Crasher	844,988	Jack Gale	6/28/86
Mad Planets	349,769	Tim McMurrey	6/28/87
Magical Spot	16,518	Brian Miller	3/14/83
Major Havoc	1,940,078	Ettore Ciaffi	6/28/85
Make Trax	2,123,840	Tom Carver	7/6/83
Mappy (1st Place)	573,450	Mike Reynolds	7/2/85 Seattle, WA
Mappy(2nd Place)	155,840	David Dean	7/21/83 Riverside, CA
Marble Madness	187,880	Stan Szczepanski	6/27/85
Mario Bros	3,481,550	Perry Rodgers	7/2/85
Mars	107,450	Howard Ohlstein	11/3/82
Mat Mania	5,000,150	RAC Carpana	12/1/86
Mayhem 2002	10,200	David Leicht	6/30/85
Mazer Blazer	1,196,800	Lyle Telford	10/31/83
Magattack	553,700	Tim Sobol	12/12/82
Megazone	2,228,650	Yashiro Oda	9/13/84
Millipede	6,995,962	James Schneider	11/21/83
Mini Golf	60,500	Stan Szczepanski	6/28/86
Missile Command	1,695,265	Roy Shildt	6/30/85
Monaco GP	10,000	Robert Paquette	3/12/82
Monster Bash	448,400	Bob Lynch	2/13/83
Moon Cresta	152,100	Bill Awalin	2/29/84
Moon Patrol	1,214,600	Mark Robichek	11/21/83
Moon Shuttle	30,870	Mike Perez	12/5/82
Moon Wars	83,830	Tracy Miller	1/28/83
Motorrace USA	2,058,300	Lyle Holman	11/18/83
Mousetrap	61,366,060	Bill Bradham	7/24/83
Mr Do!	26,030,050	David Breckon	1/26/86
Mr Do's Castle	421,780	Barry Lewis	4/12/84
Ms Pacman	874,530	Chris Ayra	6/30/85
Munch Mobile(1983)	2,035,540	Ivan Luengas	7/23/83
Mystic Marathon	4,000,000	Clay Bostick	10/8/84
Nato Defense	1,113,000	Paul Barrette	12/18/82
Naughty Boy	5,345,060	Kim French	4/21/83
Nibbler	1,000,042,270	Tim McVey	1/18/84
Night Stocker	7,634,900	John Wilson	6/28/87
N.Y. Captor	9,999,990	Robert Halbasch	2/7/87
Omega Race	3,290,900	Thomas Gault	9/12/86
Out Run	52,897,690	Richard Jackson	2/21/87
PacLand	874,330	Scott Hilty	6/28/86
Pac-Man	3,324,730	Chris Ayra	6/29/86
Pac-Man Plus	3,213,900	Shannon Ryan	11/21/83
Pack Rat	910,875	Jeff Peters	3/20/86
Paperboy	1,136,435	Phil Britt	6/28/86
Pengo	1,110,370	Rodney Day	8/13/83
Pepper II	10,642,030	Herbie Fong	12/12/82
Phoenix	987,620	Matt Gotfraind	3/17/83
Pleiades	1,164,900	Patrick Orr	8/23/82
Pole Position	67,310	Les Lagier	6/30/86
Pole Position II	81,870	Jeff Peters (Test Track)
Pole Position II	78,020	Mike Klug (Fuji)	6/27/87
Pole Position II	75,390	Jeff Peters(Seaside)
Pole Position II	75,660	Jeff Peters(Suzuka)	6/27/87
Pon-Poko	133,940	Larry Young	3/14/84
Pooyan	1,609,250	Mark Kinter	12/16/83
Popeye	1,232,250	Steve Harris	11/15/83
Pot of Gold	1,113,320	Eddie Leech	11/30/82
Power Drive	170,900	Tim Uyeda	1/18/87
Primal Rage	124,900	Matthew Valenzuela	4/20/97
Professor Pac-Man	999,990	Greg Gunter	12/9/83
Pulsar	68,350	Tracy Miller	5/26/83
Punch-Out	15,999,990	RAC Carpana	12/13/86
Q*bert	2,222,220	Drew Goins	6/27/87
QB-3	175,380	Allan Jackson	2/26/83
Qix	1,666,602	Bill Camden	1/15/83
Qix II	676,185	Daniel Chilton	7/18/82
Quantum	2,116,240	Edward Carpenter	12/2/83
Radarscope	117,300	Todd Anderson	3/10/82
Radarzone	359,000	Tom Torrez	3/12/83
Rally-X	167,870	Chris Ranalla	12/28/82
Rampage World Tour	3,734,600	Chris Delfs	4/20/97
Reactor	10,156,922	Ron Heany	11/13/83
Red Alert	24,260	Steve Harris	3/31/83
Red Baron	330,150	Richard Watson	12/26/83
Red Clash	64,100	Mark Hoff	3/13/83
Renegrade	236,650	Todd Houston	12/6/83
Rescue	606,235	Grant Kupfer	12/15/83
Return of the Jedi (1st Place)	1,938,010	Mike Sullivan	7/2/85, Riverside, CA
Return of the Jedi (2nd Place)	1,638,780	Phil Britt	1/13/85, Riverside, CA
Rip-Off (team play)	92,890	P. Sweeney & K. Potter	10/6/82
River Patrol	1,245,000	Sean Looney	5/6/86
Robotron	960,350	Robert Bonney	7/2/85
Road Blasters	2,216,120	Stan Szczepanski	6/27/87
Road Runner	2,287,420	Mark Haber	12/10/86
Robby Roto	518,250	Colin Hageney	1/5/83
Robotron	960,350	Robert Bonney	7/2/85
Round Up	194,900	Chris Peterson	2/13/83
Route 16	40,200	Phil Satterla	5/9/82
Rush-N-Attack	447,140	Dave Lopez	6/28/86
Rygar	3,450,570	Tseliang Yang	11/6/87
Sarge	246,000	Phil Blanchard	6/27/87
Satan's Hollow	43,086,300	Aaron Samuel	8/5/83
Scramble (Stern 1981)	561,480	Dan Hummer	8/25/82
Section Z	1,694,630	Stephan Wimmmer	9/30/86
Side Arms	1,812,800	Jeff Peters	2/14/87
Sinistar	761,305	Chris Emery	4/3/84
Slither	187,830	Michael Weber	2/19/83
Snap Jack	58,080	Mark Cothran	7/1/83
Solar Fox	1,763,700	Russell Palmer	3/12/83
Solar Quest	200,850	Tony Vandercar	8/24/82
Son Son	3,104,200	Jeff Peters	1/16/86
Space Ace	770,866	Steve Joseph	2/5/84
Space Duel	577,710	David Covell	12/4/82
Space Dungeon	10,505,915	Ron Lilly	7/26/83
Space Harrier	31,077,900	Richard Hunter	6/28/86
Space Invaders(1980)	210,000	Ned Troide	8/12/82
Space Invaders Deluxe (Taito 1981)	425,230	Matt Brass	9/16/82
Space Fury	222,599	Loren Hawkinson	4/18/82
Space Odyssey	2,559,000	Curtis Gaskill	4/1/82
Space Panic	48,960	Kevin Clark	3/13/83
Space Tactics	3,285,800	Dan Salinas	10/26/82
Space Wars	19	Michael Mize	8/21/82
Space Zap	230,000	Mike Jones	1/14/83
Speak Easy	21,396,050	Steve Stranger	8/1/83
Spectar (Exidy 1980)	151,000	Scotty Williams	9/13/82
Speed Buggy (South)	177,480	Mark Foster	6/27/86
Speed Buggy (Offroad)	148,000	Mark Haber	6/4/86
Speed Buggy (North)	151,870	Danny Carranza	6/28/86
Speed Buggy (East)	105,440	Tim Moreno	6/27/86
Speed Buggy (West)	160,230	Mark Haber	8/9/86
Speed Rumbler	106,500	Donn Nauert	2/12/87
Spiders	1,535,000	Bill Millis	9/17/83
Sprint	2,158	Cindy Ingles	12/12/82
Spy Hunter	9,512,590	Paul Dean	6/28/85 Upland, CA
Star Castle	7,842,950	Ron McCoy	8/26/82
Star Fire	9,780	Laura Curran	1/4/82
Stargate	71,473,400	Roger Mangum	4/8/83
Star Rider	539,960	David Palmer	7/2/85
Star Trek(1st - Place Tourn.)	1,723,175	Maurice Disciullo	7/2/85
(Tournament) Star Trek (1st Place Marathon)	100,000,000	Tim Collum	8/24/83
Star Wars (Marathon)(1st Place Tourn.)	160,230	Mark Haber	8/9/86
Star Wars (1st Place)(Marathon)	300,007,894	Robert Mruczek	1/22/84
Stocker (Marathon)	53,970	Cody Joens	6/28/86
Stompin'	1,013,250	Keith Donnelly	10/10/86
Strategy X	53,999	Mark Peterson	4/13/83
Strikers 1945	915,723	Eric Anthony	8/30/97
Subroc-3D	1,049,700	David Palmer	10/28/84
Super Basketball	7,525,960	Jeff Funk	6/27/87
Super Cobra (Stern)	198,470	Matt Brass	7/26/82
Super Mario Bros	3,055,800	Stephen Sparks	1/27/87
Super Missile Attack	86,315	Tim Shea	1982
Super Moon Cresta	38,210	Robby Jensen	5/1/83
Super Pac-Man (Midway)	855,940	Bill Deluca	7/2/85
Super PunchOut	182,980	Sean Jensen	6/30/85
Super Zaxxon	339,750	Greg McLeod	7/25/83
Swimmer	92,430	Steve Harris	3/23/83
Tac-Scan	100,524,200	Chris Rollestow	11/3/83
Tail Gunner (Cinematronics)	14,200	Scott Monfils	1982
Tapper	9,068,625	Michael Ward	6/30/85
Targ	89,480	Paul Boisclair	3/17/84
Tazzmania	1,325,180	Scott Hurley	6/16/83
Tempest	1,728,329	Hector C. Vazquez	7/30/83
Ten-Yard Fight	295,100	Mike Macy	6/28/86
The End	47,080	Perry Rogers	1982
The Pit	162,500	James Adams	6/27/83
Theif	9,456,120	Mike Ziara	4/25/83
Three Stooges	2,850,000	Mark Haber	11/6/86
Tiger-Heli	768,960	George Cifrancis III	6/27/87
Time Pilot	15,000,000	Jeff Peters	9/25/85
Time Pilot 84	463,300	Samantha Johanik	6/28/86
Top Gunner	561,000	Rich Frost	12/19/86
Track N Field (1st Place)	95,040	Kelly Kobashigawa	6/30/85
Track N Field(2nd Place)	92,190	Phil Britt	5/2/84 Los Angeles, CA
Trojan	512,600	Danny Carranza	5/7/86
Tron (Midway)	12,883,638	Robert Bonney	7/9/83
Tunnel Hunt	821,330	Chris Randall	2/24/83
Turbo (Sega)	223,139	Mace Triesman	7/1/83
Turbo-Sub (1st Place)	4,833,000	Jeff Peters	1/9/85 Torrance, CA
Turbo-Sub (2nd Place)	3,464,000	Mike Sullivan	1/9/85 Torrance, CA
Turbo-Sub (2 Player) (1st Place)	5,260,500	Mike Sullivan & Mike Quarles	1/9/85 Torrance, CA
Turkey Shoot	2,358,550	Jeff Peters	5/5/87
Tutankham	244,920	Mark Robichek	12/7/82
Twin Cobra	1,900,450	Greg Sakundiak	5/15/86
Two Tigers	1,001,700	Dwayne Richard
TX-1	277,400	David Palmer	10/2/84
Uni-Wars	49,990	Ed Clifford	1982
Up N Down	547,900	Sean Jensen	12/21/84
Vanguard	317,330	Thomas Chaka	6/30/85
Venture	325,020	Ed Knopp	8/10/83
Vertigo	595,028	Donn Nauert	6/28/86
Victory	999,999,999	Marshall Blythe	9/18/82
Victory Road	1,321,020	Stan Cejka	3/10/87
Wacko (Midway 1983)	1,608,100	Steve Harris	3/31/83
Warlords	911,875	Peter Skahill	8/29/82
Warp Warp	175,000	Dwayne Richard
Wild Western (Taito 1982)	1,099,900	Richard Eldridge	8/5/83
Wizard of Wor	80,300	Mark Longridge	6/30/85
Xevious	9,999,990	Tim Williams	6/18/83
Zarzon (Taito)	48,720	Steve Weirzbecki	1/16/82
Zaxxon	4,680,740	Vernon Kalanikaus
Zeke's Peak	792,650	London Piklor	1983
Zoar	31,167,170	Eric Hanna	7/12/83
Zoo Keeper	20,063,920	Jack Gale	6/28/85
ZZYZZXX	1,068,010	Kris MacLillivray	3/13/84